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For my second genius hour my topic was about the famous singer Janelle Monáe. I chose to do my genius hour about her because she does really good songs and I wanted to know more about her life before her career. While doing my genius hour I learned a lot about Janelle Monáe. Like how how her father was a garbage truck driver who sadly was also addicted to drugs and the fact that her mother was a janitor. And I also learned the reason why she wears black and white suits. It is because her parents wore uniforms to work and so that she does forget where she comes from she decided to wear an uniform during her performances. I think doing a genius hour about Janelle Monáe helped myself grow as a person because she went from nothing to a big career and also that to be a singer musical can help.

 

 

The difference between my first and second genius hour is that instead of doing it about a gender of music I did about a singer that I admire. I personally think that this genius hour helped me regaining confidence into myself. Because Janelle Monáe showed the world that whoever you are or whatever situation you are in you can be what you always wanted to be.  I don’t think my genius hour will help the world, but maybe some people especially me because it will always remind me that whatever happen there is still a way to make it to the top.

Here is a link to my genius hour presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15XWrCs1nPYS8XRnz1fhMllCc3ZeLoFWu_EYWTNmeQfg/edit#slide=id.p

Queen Nefertiti was the great royal wife of Akhenaten, mother of six Egyptian princesses. Her and her husband were known for praying only one god, Aten. She had many titles like the Mistress of  Upper and Lower Egypt, Lady of all Women, Great king’s Wife. Not that much is known about Queen Nefertiti. But the fact that she was a powerful and a beautiful woman as her name says it makes many people interested about her. Some suggest that she was daughter or the niece of Ay last Pharaoh of the eighteenth Dynasty. Others say that she wasn’t from Egypt, but maybe from Syria. She was really supportive of the new religion her husband created that she changed her name to Neferneferuaten-Nefertiti which means ” Beautiful are the beauties of Aten, a beautiful woman has come. “. Unlike the other great royal wives of Pharaohs, Queen Nefertiti was the ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt just like her husband.

Now a days there is still searches on going about Queen Nefertiti. Lately an archaeologist found what could be Nefertiti’s mummy. And recently in August last year an archaeologist made a discovery that end the mysteries about the Lady of The Tow Lands.

For more information: http://www.biography.com/people/nefertiti-9421166#related-video-galler

Things to retain:

• One of the greatest Egyptian Queen
• Great royal wife but doesn’t have a son
• Said powerful and beautiful
• Created the Aten cult with her husband
• A mummy found that could be her
• August 2015 discovery